Nehemiah 2:19
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
סַנְבַלַּט
Çanballaṭ
Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
חֹרֹנִי
Chôrônîy
a Choronite or inhabitant of Choronaim
טוֹבִיָּה
Ṭôwbîyâh
Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
עַמּוֹנִי
ʻAmmôwnîy
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
עֲרָבִי
ʻĂrâbîy
an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
צָחַק
tsâchaq
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Key Terms in This Verse
צָחַק tsâchaq
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
Study H6711 →טוֹבִיָּה Ṭôwbîyâh
Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
Study H2900 →Cross References
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to ...
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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